JNF Charitable Trust

UK charity raising funds for projects in Israel, known as JNF UK

JNF Charitable Trust
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Type	Charitable company
Founded	20 June 1963 (registered)
Registration ID	Registered charity 225910; company 00355248
Headquarters	JNF Charitable Trust, 95 Church Road, London, NW4 4FE
Area served	Throughout England And Wales, Israel, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Key people	Samuel Hayek (chair)
Website	www.jnf.co.uk

Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba. JNF UK's 2025 annual report names Soroka Medical Centre among the projects it supports

The JNF Charitable Trust (Charity number: 225910, Incorporated on 21 July 1939) is the main vehicle for the Jewish National Fund UK trading as JNF UK. It is also a registered charity - number: 225910.

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE FURTHERANCE WITHIN THE STATE OF ISRAEL OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, BEING CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, NAMELY:3.1 THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS OR OTHER FORMS OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO ARE IN NEED OR AT RISK OF FALLING INTO POVERTY, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. 3.2 TO ADVANCE, PRESERVE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, DISABILITY AND INFIRMITY, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.3.3 TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION, JEWISH BELIEFS AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION (INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE EDUCATION OF JEWISH CULTURE, HISTORY, PRACTICES AND BELIEFS).3.4 THE PROMOTION OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.4.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; 3.4.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; 3.4.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;3.4.4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES; 3.4.5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;3.4.6 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING; 3.4.7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES; 3.4.8 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;3.4.9 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING PARKS, FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;3.4.10 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; 3.4.11 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE; AND/OR 3.4.12 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME. 3.5 TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3.6 TO ACT AS A RESOURCE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND BY ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:3.6.1 ADVANCING EDUCATION; 3.6.2 RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; AND 3.6.3 PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS AND/OR FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN SPECIAL NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS. 3.7 TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY AND SOCIAL COHESION BY: 3.7.1 CREATING AND MAKING AVAILABLE SPACES, BOTH COVERED AND OPEN, FOR CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTION;3.7.2 ORGANISING AND PROMOTING PROGRAMMES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE INTERACTION; 3.7.3 PROMOTING FAITH AND INTERFAITH PROJECTS WHICH ARE CONDUCIVE TO SOCIAL COHESION; AND3.7.4 RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ?SOCIALLY EXCLUDED? MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).3.8 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PLANTING TREES, BUILDING AND CREATING PARKS, AND PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.3.9 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY: 3.9.1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;3.9.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND3.9.3 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.IN THIS CLAUSE ?SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT? MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.3.10 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3.11 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME."

The register describes its activities as: "JNF UK is an organisation raising funds for environmental and humanitarian causes in Israel."

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation.

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel, Scotland, Northern Ireland.

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:

Trustees of JNF Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)

Trustee	Appointed	Chair	Other trusteeships
Samuel Hayek	not recorded	Yes	KKL Charity Accounts (1105998); The Holy Land Foundation (1020242); The JNF Educational Trust (290267)
Murray Lee	not recorded		—
Marilyn Waisman	not recorded		KKL Charity Accounts (1105998)
Gideon Falter	2017-01-24		KKL Charity Accounts (1105998)
Howard Norman Wayne	2017-04-24		KKL Charity Accounts (1105998)
Alan Mendoza	2018-10-03		KKL Charity Accounts (1105998)
Laurence Jeffrey Julius	2020-03-24		Harif (1186454); KKL Charity Accounts (1105998)
Timothy James Kendal	2020-06-23		—
Belinda Jane Oakland	2020-09-22		—
Cathya Djanogly	2023-09-05		—
Roy Freedman	2024-09-11		—
Richard Louis Bolchover	2025-12-02		The Israel-diaspora Trust (286131)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages

Capture date	Trustees listed	Source
2010-07-20	Anthony Julius; Michael Sinclair; Benjamin Eliezer Perl; Gerald Greene; Roy Freedman; Samuel Hayek; David Breuer-weil; Simon Cats; Elan Gorji; Murray Lee; Marilyn Waisman; Ruth Deech
2011-09-26	Michael Sinclair; Benjamin Eliezer Perl; Gerald Greene; Samuel Hayek; Simon Cats; Elan Gorji; Murray Lee; Marilyn Waisman; Ruth Deech; Margaret Rothem; Gary Mond
2018-01-05	Michael Sinclair; Benjamin Eliezer Perl; Samuel Hayek; Murray Lee; Marilyn Waisman; Elan Gorji; Guy Avshalom; David Anthony Berens; Howard Norman Wayne; Gary Mond; Alan Kimche; Daniel Seal; Morris Mansoor; Gideon Falter
2021-01-11	Howard Norman Wayne (from 24 April 2017) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; David Anthony Berens (from 03 January 2013) – also trustee of The President Reagan Memorial Fund Trust; Belinda Jane Oakland (from 22 September 2020); Laurence Jeffrey Julius (from 24 March 2020) – also trustee of Harif, KKL Charity Accounts; Samuel Hayek (chair) – also trustee of The JNF Educational Trust, The Holy Land Foundation, KKL Charity Accounts; Gideon Falter (from 24 January 2017); Gary Mond (from 22 July 2011) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts, London Jewish Forum; Marilyn Waisman – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; Timothy James Kendal (from 23 June 2020); Murray Lee; Alan Mendoza (from 03 October 2018) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts
2021-07-02	Howard Norman Wayne (from 24 April 2017) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; Gary Mond (from 22 July 2011) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts, Board of Deputies Charitable Trust, Board of Deputies Charitable Foundation, London Jewish Forum; Belinda Jane Oakland (from 22 September 2020); David Anthony Berens (from 03 January 2013) – also trustee of The President Reagan Memorial Fund Trust; Laurence Jeffrey Julius (from 24 March 2020) – also trustee of Harif, KKL Charity Accounts; Samuel Hayek (chair) – also trustee of The JNF Educational Trust, The Holy Land Foundation, KKL Charity Accounts; Gideon Falter (from 24 January 2017); Timothy James Kendal (from 23 June 2020); Marilyn Waisman – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; Murray Lee; Alan Mendoza (from 03 October 2018) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts
2026-01-06	Samuel Hayek (chair) – also trustee of The Holy Land Foundation, The JNF Educational Trust, KKL Charity Accounts; Richard Louis Bolchover (from 02 December 2025) – also trustee of The Israel-diaspora Trust; Roy Freedman (from 11 September 2024); Cathya Djanogly (from 05 September 2023); Belinda Jane Oakland (from 22 September 2020); Timothy James Kendal (from 23 June 2020); Laurence Jeffrey Julius (from 24 March 2020) – also trustee of Harif, KKL Charity Accounts; Alan Mendoza (from 03 October 2018) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; Howard Norman Wayne (from 24 April 2017) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; Gideon Falter (from 24 January 2017) – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts; Murray Lee; Marilyn Waisman – also trustee of KKL Charity Accounts

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 65 current and former officers of the charitable company (00355248), 13 of them active. Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Trevor Richard David Asserson (Israel, resigned); Morris Mansour (Israel, resigned). Companies House lists 35 current and former officers of the connected charity company KKL Charity Accounts (05118360), 9 of them active.

Appointments of these officers to overseas companies registered in the UK (FC) or on the Register of Overseas Entities (OE):

• Colin Barry Wagman – Brooklands Hotel (Properties) Limited (FC030781)

Finances

Kibbutz Nir Oz (December 2023). JNF UK's 2025 annual report names Kibbutz Nir Oz and other Gaza-envelope communities among those it supports

Mitzpe Ramon under snow (2015). JNF UK's 2025 annual report names The Valley (Mitzpe Ramon) among the projects it supports

Year	Income (£)	Sources	Donations/Grants (£)	Recipients of Grants/Donations
2010	12,157,000	-	11,318,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,501,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 3,817,000
2011	9,962,000	-	11,721,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,257,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 4,464,000
2012	17,537,000	-	9,655,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,374,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 2,281,000
2013	13,855,000	-	12,699,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 4,978,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 7,721,000
2014	13,431,000	-	4,315,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 4,265,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 50,000
2015	14,389,000	-	13,068,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,853,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 4,215,000
2016	12,417,000	-	9,829,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 7,914,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 1,915,000
2017	17,038,000	-	8,918,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,167,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 751,000
2018	22,255,000	-	11,779,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,904,000 Funding of projects in Israel: 2,875,000
2019	16,505,000	-	15,599,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,492,000 (UK Via KKL Charity Accounts: 8,164,000) Funding of projects in Israel: 7,107,000
2020	15,411,000	-	12,052,000	Funding of UK Charitable Projects: 8,495,000 (UK Via KKL Charity Accounts: 8,332,000) Funding of projects in Israel: 3,557,000

Misleading donors?

In June 2021, the Fundraising Regulator in the UK found that the JNF Charitable Trust was not guilty of misleading donors after a complaint by the campaign group ‘Stop the JNF’ stated otherwise. The complaint by ‘Stop the JNF’ stated that the “charity’s description of its work in the Negev and of the situation in the Negev itself, was so inaccurate or incomplete as to mislead some people” and “the information about the funding related to the Derech Eretz Leadership Programme omitted significant information about the extent of the project's connection with the armed forces in Israel.”

‘Stop the JNF’ pointed to the fact the JNF listed the following about the 2 donation locations:

 “The Negev is a large desert region in the south of Israel which comprises
  around 55% of Israel's landmass and is largely unpopulated. It is home to less than 10%
  of Israel's population. The Negev region is incredibly poor and is in need of support.”

And

Derech Eretz was a:

 "leadership programme providing marginalised youth aged 17-21 the opportunity for life-changing growth and development throughout all three stages of service in the Israel Defense Forces (pre-army support and preparation, ongoing mentorship during service and post-army guardianship. Derech Eretz encourages participants to take responsibility for their lives - helping to make their military service more meaningful, whilst laying the groundwork for a life of personal fulfilment, success,

and giving to the community.”

The complainant contrasted the above with information on Derech Eretz website which said:

 "Programs include a six-month pre-army Mechina which provides guidance for admission
 to elite and combat army units..." and "High school students from the lower strata of
 society need extra help to achieve a useful and meaningful army seMce [sic]. They have a
 harder time qualifying for popular elite army units which require advance preparation...
 Graduates of the program are motivated and well equipped with skills and experiences
 that will allow them to excel in the military".

As well as pointing to a Ha’aretz article which detailed a JNF Charitable statement from 2017 which said that supporting project in Negev "will not only improve the lives of those who already call the Negev and the Galilee home but will create incentives for people to settle and stay in these areas." Other complaints said that projects in the Negev towns of Umm Al-Hiran and Al-Araqib were connected with the OR Movement which the complaint called a “radical Jewish settler movement.”

JNF replied to the allegations saying that the Derech Eretz programme has no military content and is solely social-educational. Whereas the complaints raised regarding Negev were done so by “a politically motivated movement with its ow/n agenda" and the projects are non-political and provide relief for the region in need.

The Fundraising Regulator came to the outcome that the JNF Charitable Trust had not misled donors in either of the two cited cases and no evidence of deliberate ambiguousness or attempt to mislead.

Funding of projects in Israel 2020

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	27,000
Benji Hillman	57,000
Refua Vesimcha	250,000
Be’re Sova – Soup Kitchen	10,000
Ben Hashitin – Leadership Programme	30,000
Derech Eretz – Youth Programme	2,000
Garin Harel in Tzohar	37,000
Keren Shalom Community Project	30,000
Ruhama Forest	22,000
Latet	47,000
Hakeren Leyedidot	44,000
Meitarim Lachish	75,000
Matan Avrut Adadit	77,000
Rachashei Lev	170,000
Yad Tamar	85,000
Student Village in Kibbutz Misgav Am	57,000
Afike Orot – Ofakim	25,000
Bnei HaMenashe Community	9,000
Be’re Milka Community	20,000
Others	179,000
Legacies	1,024,000

In 2020, JNF Charitable Trust donated funds to a number of projects as outlined above. Details of particular projects are as follows.

£77,000 was donated to Matan Arvut Hadadit – an organisation that makes payments to families below the poverty line. Funds also went to Mitzpe Ramon to advance employment opportunities for the deprived.

Funds were directed to the deprived town of Yerucham. Funds were aimed at the gaps in infrastructure – including a new daycare centre and the renovation of nurseries, development of entrances to the village and to help build a special needs employment centre. In the town of Kiryat, similar aims were established such as a ‘House of Excellence’, which aimed to close the gaps in education support for lower socioeconomic groups.

Funds also went to Refua V’simcha, an organisation that aims to improve the conditions of those in need, and Mariann’s early childhood centre which works with children with ADHD and autism.

£85,000 was donated to Yad Tamar to assist in the well-being of cancer patients. Tenufa Bakehila, which improves the lives of the socio-economically deprived in areas such as Sderot, Kiryat Malachi and Ashkelon, also received funds. In Sderot, an elderly care and treatment centre was established. The Moadoniot Organisation in Hatzor Haglilit was also supported. The organisation removes children from at-risk families and placed them in protected environments.

£2,000 was donated to the Derech Eretz youth programme with aims to develop skills in teenagers in deprived areas. £9,000 went to Bnei HaMenashe Community – a community that aspires people to move from India to Israel.

Finally, £1.2 million, since 2018, was donated to schools – primarily those in the UK (16 schools assisted in 2020). Two are specifically identified through the JNF 6th Form Programme: JNF and Yavneh College. In 2020, the 6th Form programme enable speakers such as Gideon Falter, Lyn Julius, Alex Vaskevitch, Alan Mendoza and Baroness Deech.

Funding of projects in Israel 2019

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	17,000
Benji Hillman	67,000
Environmental Projects	31,000
Refua Vesimcha	317,000
Amit High School	70,000
Be’er Sova	10,000
Bet Hashitin	15,000
Derech Eretz	32,000
Ezra LeMarpeh	2,000
Garin Harel in Tzohar	15,000
Hof Ahskelon community centre	20,000
Israel Is	13,000
Kerem Shalom	15,000
Kiryat Melachi Kindergartens	20,000
Meitarim Lachish	10,000
Rachashei Lev	260,000
Ruach Dromit	1,000
Simcha Layeled	43,000
Tenufa Bakehila	30,000
Yad Tamar	53,000
YBA – Bnei Akiva	21,000
Nitzan Lanoar therapeutic farm for youth at risk	10,000
Legacies	276,000

In 2019, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre, developing a music conservatory, a senior and special needs employment centre and development of playgrounds and entrances.

In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as renovation of entrances, kindergartens (cost of £20,000), Amit High School, Eli Cohen Primary School and a community park.

Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and the Ye’elim Ofarim School were also renovated as well as a club for the hearing impaired

In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a community centre music studio, a school computer room and a water playground. JNF funds have also been used to build flats for new Olim; to help establish immigrants in Israel.

Uran Forests were also planted in Yerucham, Kiryat Malakhi, Mitzpe Ramon, Bnei Dekalimin.

Elsewhere, donations (£2,000) helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra Le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £317,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients. JNF also worked with the Sderot municipality and Ministry of Education to upgrade educational opportunities.

Funds were also donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim school for performing arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2017 by JNF.

In Shavei Darom, a town near the Gaza Strip, the development of a sports ground was funded.

Funds also supported Ahuzat Ya’akov - an organisation that helps integrate ultra-orthodox Israelis into wider society – to help renovate their campus. Other organisations supported include Masa Israeli, an organisation that aims to strengthen Zionist identity by communicating with students, Shiur Acher – an organisation that supports underprivileged students and El-Sayad Bedouin High School.

Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF; £13,000 was donated to the Bedouin Academy.

Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi received £30,000, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse (£42,000). Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.

HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £30,000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers and strengthen connections to Israel.

JNF funds in 2019 also helped SAHI – an organisation that combats hungry and Project Connect which works with holocaust survivors by providing internet and renovating flats (through the ‘Living in Dignity’ programme) along with an Immediate Assistance Fund for survivors below the poverty line. JNF also hosted ‘Notes of Hope’ concert – a tribute to holocaust victims.

OR Me’Ophir – an organisation that helps Ethiopian Israelis – has been assisted with funds for programmes to improve living conditions, the environment and integration.

Funding has also been granted to Yad Tamar to assist cancer patients (£53,000) and strengthen the well-being of outpatients, to Moadoniot in Hatzor Haglilit (who take children to protected environments from at-risk families) and Marianne’s early childhood and family centre.

Funds have also been directed to increase the connection between the UK and Israel through trips to the Negev region and the Israeli Education Grant Programme which increase education about Israel in UK schools (including the Festival of Spoke Irvit - an initiative that sees Israeli Actors visit UK schools).

Funding of projects in Israel 2018

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	27,000
Benji Hillman	23,000
Environmental Projects	51,000
Refua Vesimcha	80,000
Bedouin Academy	13,000
Gevim School	30,000
Massa Israeli	148,000
Derech Eretz	30,000
Meitarim Lachish	7,000
Ramat Hanegev YAFE	70,000
Rachashei Lev	267,000
Reut Sderot	10,000
Tenufa Bakehila	20,000
Legacies	559,000

In 2018, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre, the development of a music conservatory and the development of playgrounds and entrances.

In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as the renovation of entrances, kindergartens, Amit High School, Eli Cohen Primary School and a community park.

Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and the Ye’elim Ofarim School were also renovated as well as a club for the hearing impaired.

In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a Community centre music studio, a school computer room and a water playground. JNF funds have also been used to build flats for new Olim; to help establish immigrants in Israel.

Elsewhere, donations helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra Le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £500,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients.

Funds were also donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim school for performing arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2017 by JNF.

Funds also supported Ahuzat Ya’akov - an organisation that helps integrate ultra-orthodox Israelis into wider society – to help renovate their campus. Other organisations supported include Masa Israeli, an organisation that aims to strengthen Zionist identity by communicating with students, Shiur Acher – an organisation that supports underprivileged students and El-Sayad Bedouin High School.

Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF; £13,000 was donated to the Bedouin Academy.

Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi received £20,000, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse (£42,000). Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.

HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £30,000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers.

JNF funds in 2017 also helped SAHI – an organisation that combats hungry and Project Connect which works with holocaust survivors. JNF also hosted ‘Notes of Hope’ concert – a tribute to holocaust victims.

Funding has also been granted to Yad Tamar to assist cancer patients and strengthen well-being of outpatients and Moadoniot in Hatzor Haglilit who take children to protected environments from at-risk families.

Funds have also been directed to increase the connection between the UK and Israel through trips to the Negev region and the Israeli Education Grant Programme which increases the education of Israel in UK schools.

Funding of projects in Israel 2017

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	30,000
Benji Hillman	50,000
Environmental Projects	55,000
Emergency Projects	2,000
Alon kindergarten	10,000
Barzilay Hospital	25,000
Desert Stars	20,000
Derech Eretz	88,000
Eden Karmia	42,000
Havatzelet	10,000
Kiryat Malachi kindergartens	18,000
Refua Vesimcha	500,000
Sachlav Kindergarten	24,000
Yerucham Early Childhood Centre	43,000
Other	3,000
Legacies	888,000

In 2017, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre (which received £43,000), developing a music conservatory, Lake Yerucham Recreation Park, Urban Forests and the renovation of communal areas in former social housing buildings.

In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as renovation of entrances, kindergartens (which received £18,000), Amit High School, Eli Cohen Primary School and a community park.

Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and the Ye’elim Ofarim School were also renovated as well as a club for the hearing impaired

In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a Community centre music studio, a school computer room and a water playground.

Elsewhere, donations helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £500,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients.

Funds were also donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim School for Performing Arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2017 by JNF.

Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF. As was Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse (£42,000). Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.

HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £88,000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers.

JNF funds in 2017 also helped SAHI – an organisation that combats hungry and Project Connect with works with holocaust survivors. JNF also hosted the ‘Notes of Hope’ concert – a tribute to holocaust victims.

Funding has also been granted to Yad Tamar to assist cancer patients and strengthen the well-being of outpatients as well as Moadoniot in Hatzor Haglilit who take children to protected environments from at-risk families.

Funds have also been directed to increase the connections between the UK and Israel through trips to the Negev region and the Israeli Education Grant Programme which increases education of Israel in UK schools.

Funding of projects in Israel 2016

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	23,000
Benji Hillman	74,000
Environmental Projects	52,000
Emergency Projects	29,000
Sderot – Ezra Lemarpeh	6,000
Carasso Science Park	70,000
Desert Stars	20,000
Refua Vesimcha	200,000
JDC (Edible Gardens)	10,000
Eshkol Music School	20,000
Macon Arava	2,000
Derech Eretz	1,000
Other	3,000
Legacies	379,000

In 2016, donations from JNF included those to the town of Yerucham. Funds were donated with the aim of alleviating social deprivation, poverty and exclusion. Specific projects included an early childhood education centre, a music conservatory, Lake Yerucham Recreation Park, Urban Forests and the renovation of communal areas in former social housing buildings.

In Kiryat Malachi, a town in the south of Israel, funds helped develop The Ottensooser Young Adult Centre as well as renovation of entrances, kindergartens, Amit High School and a community park.

Arad, a deprived town, was also helped via JNF funded projects. These included renovating the Oron Theatre and youth projects such as building the Joy Bickler Arad Youth Centre (Joy Bickler being an Israel supporter) and renovating the Bnei Akiva Youth centre. Kindergartens and Entrances were also renovated.

In Mitzpe Ramon, funds helped build a business valley, a Community centre music studio and a school computer room.

Elsewhere, donations helped establish a medical centre (the Ezra le Marpen rehabilitation centre) in Sderot. A new outpatient centre at a cancer care unit was also developed in Ruach Dromit. £200,000 was donated to Refua Vesimcha - a charity providing services to improve the conditions of patients.

£20,000 was donated to the Eshkol Music School whilst other projects such as the Bikurim school for performing arts and Jonathan Wohl Music School in the Ono Academic College was also supported in 2016 by JNF.

Scholarships for the Bedouin community were also part-funded by the JNF. As was Tenufa Bakehila – an organisation that supports deprived areas in Kiryat Gav and Kiryat Malachi, Krembo wings – a youth movement for special needs children, Eden Karmia an organisation that provides a framework for survivors of abuse. Orr Shalom, in Ashkelon, an organisation that removes children from homes of abuse was supported through the renovation of foster homes.

HaShomer HaChadash, a neighbour watch initiative that aims to protect farmland, was given funds to maintain presence and to run educational leadership programmes. £1000 was donated to Derech Eretz for a leadership programme that aimed to develop skills in teenagers.

Funding of projects in Israel 2015

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	2,000
Benji Hillman	74,000
Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes	135,000
Yerucham Expansion and Renovation of Music Conservatory	165,000
Yerucham – Equipping Second Floor of Learning Centre	25,000
Yerucham – Renovating Renanim Kindergarten	25,000
Equipping New Kindergartens for Autistic Children in Be’re Sheva	35,000
HaShomer HaChadash	157,000
Bikurim – Youth Village	24,000
Bikurim – Music School	304,000
Shavei Darom – Ampitheatre	76,000
Shavei Darom – Construction of sports ground	87,000
Nachson Pre Army Programme – Developing New Campus in Eshkol	117,000
Kiryat Malachi – Renovation of state kindergartens	262,000
Ono Academic College	1,000,000
Matnat Shichrur (Heritage Gift) – 10-day trips for new soldiers to learn about Israel	33,000
Ofanim	32,000
Be’re Sova	26,000
Meitarim Lachish Pre Army Programme – Equipping the campus of Eliav	29,000
The Carasso Science Museum	86,000
Ruach Dromit	24,000
Sderot young adult centre	18,000
Gvahim accelerator programme	143,000
Shiur Acher	49,000
Nitzanei Hanegev	35,000
Ramat Hanegev	42,000
Ahuzat Negev Ofakim	34,000
Kiryat Malachi	24,000
Renovation of Yachini Community Centre	29,000
Yerucham – Yeruham Design Terminal	48,000
Yerucham – Renovation of Communal Areas	37,000
Hof Ashkelon Regional Council	58,000
Ofakim	134,000
Yerucham Developing Public Gardens	174,000
Kiryat Malachi – Development of the entrances	416,000
Kiryat Malachi – Community Park	87,000
Arad	66,000
Eden Karmia	143,000
Orr Shalom – Renovation of Forster Homes	25,000

In 2015, £304,000 was donated to support the Bikurim Music School in Eshkol, £135,00 to a Derech Eretz youth programme, £24,000 to Ruach Dromit Care Cancer Centre.

Funds have also supported business hubs such as the valley in Mitzpe Ramon and The Hive ion Ashdod.

Elsewhere, £157,000 was donated to HaShomer HaChadash – an organisation that promotes Zionism through land protection and youth leadership – and £25,000 to Orr Shalom to assist in the development of foster homes. £26,000 to Earth’s Promise – a community garden in Be’re Sheva, £143,000 to Gvahim for an employment programme. JNF also sponsors the Soroka Medical Research Initiative.

In Yerucham, £174,000 was donated for the development of public gardens, £165,000 for a music conservatory, £48,000 to develop a design terminal that will support young developers, £37,000 for the renovation of communal areas of former social housing buildings. In addition, £25,000 helped build a learning centre in Yerucham, £25,000 was aimed to renovate a kindergarten and £49,000 was donated to Shiur Archer – an organisation that gives underprivileged kids access to industry professionals.

In Kiryat Malachi, £24,000 was donated for general renovations while £416,000 was directed at the development of entrances, £87,000 for a community park. Other projects in Kiryat Malachi include developing kindergartens and a community centre.

Funding of projects in Israel 2014

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	32,000
Kiryat Gat Mariann’s early childhood centre	52,000
Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes	216,000
Reut SderotAssociation	34,000
Beit HaOle-Needy Immigrants	35,000
Yerucham – Early Children Centre	69,000
Arava – pre-school education centre	29,000
HaShomer HaChadash	146,000
Bikurim – Youth Village	89,000
Ezra le’Marpe – Sderot	195,000
Ruach Dromit	27,000
Hashomer HaChadash Caravans Unit	73,000
Laika Youth	26,000
Desert Stars	45,000
Sderot Youth Centre	1,000,000
Arad Youth Centre	81,000
Ayalim Student Village	1,624,000
Café Britain in southern Israel	487,000
Gvahim	65,000
Arad Ayalim garden renovation	41,000
OR- Har Amasa Community Centre	44,000
Sderot – bicycle trail	325,000
Ofakim – a park and playground	325,000
Yerucham – Northern Entrance and Lake Camping Site	568,000
Arad	244,000
Earth Promise	49,000
Mitzpe Ramon	162,000
Kiryat Malachi – adult youth centre	139,000
Gvahim accelerator programme	37,000
Kibutz Erez Shaar Hanegev – Opus TV	28,000
Arava – adoption of 15 families	406,000
Rahat Shelters	29,000
Tzuk Eitan 9 Gaza war effort	144,000
Refua Vesimcha	73,000
Ofakim – day centre for senior centres	122,000
Orr Shalom – Beer Sheva cluster of family group home	30,000

In 2014, £89,000 was donated to support the Bikurim Music School in Eshkol, £45,000 to Desert Stars – a Bedouin Youth Leadership Programme, £216,000 to the Derech Eretz Youth Programme and £27,000 to Ruach Dromit – a cancer care centre.

Beit HaOleh – an organisation that supports immigrants – also received funds. £487,000 was gifted to Café Britannia – a Holocaust Survivors Club, £30,000 to Orr Shalom to renovate foster homes. Elsewhere, £49,000 was donated to Earth Promise to build a community garden and £146,000 to HaShomer HaChadash an organisation that combines land protection through a youth leadership programme.

Donations were also made to the Soroka Medical Research Initiative for the training for young doctors and Dror Israel – an educators’ organisation. £69,000 was made to the Yerucham Early Childhood Centre. £1,000,000 was donated to the Sapir Music School in Sderot, £139,000 to the Young Adults Centre in Kiryat Malakhi and £1,624,000 to student volunteer organisation Ayalim.

Other projects funded were Shiur Acher – an organisation that connects underprivileged young people to business leaders – and Gvahim – a career accelerator programme that received £65,000.

The OR Har Amasa Community Centre (donations totalling £44,000 in 2014) is part of the OR Movement which the Palestine Campaign states "has supported the construction of the Jewish town of Hiran, which aims to replace the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm-al-Hiran, which has been subject to forcible evacuation."

Funding of projects in Israel 2013

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	35,000
Arad Early Childhood Centre	349,000
Halutzit/Nitzana/Yerucham Derech Eretz programmes	87,000
BeerSheva Sports Hall and Empowerment Centre	35,000
Ezra le’Marpe – Sderot	1,848,000
Medical Research – Soroka Hospital BeerSheva	69,000
Yerucham Youth Leadership Centre	38,000
HaShomer HaChadash	114,000
Sderot Young Adult Centre	35,000
Kiryat Gat Young Adult Centre	44,000
Ayalim Student Villages	35,000
Benji Hillman	32,000
Sderot - Nachshon	97,000
Ofakim Community Playgrounds	78,000
Sensory Garden for the Blind	32,000
Gvahim accelerator programs	30,000

In 2013, donations from the JNF Charitable Trust helped establish the Sapir Music College in Sderot. Other donations included: £35,000 to the Ayalim Student Village for renovations and £30,000 to The Hive in Gvahim – a programme that connects highly skilled talents to Israel. Funds also supported Kiryat Gat Sports Club and Enrichment Centre, Derech Eretz Pre and Post Army Enrichment that aims to build “socially aware Israeli leaders”, a business hub in Mitzpe Ramon and Eshkol Music School.

£349,000 was donated to the Arab Early Childhood Centre, £114,000 to HaShomer HaChadash – an organisation that helps communities by training and providing volunteers to work with police, £78,000 to construct playgrounds in Ofakim, £1,848,000 to Ezra Le’Marpe to provide specialist medical supplies, £97,000 to Nachshon – a social leadership programme in Sderot, £32,000 for a sensory garden, £69,000 for medical research at Sokora Hospital Be’er Sheva and £38,000 for the Yerucham Youth Leadership Centre.

Funds in 2013 also supported the Community Gardens Project and OR Movement Projects (establishing towns in the Negev region).

Funding of projects in Israel 2012

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	58,000
Benji Hillman	53,000
Haluzit pre-army program	319,000
Eshkol youth village	82,000
Yerucham early childhood centre	280,000
Jewish Scouts	299,000
Sderot Sapir College	148,000
HaShomer HaChadash	137,000
Ayalim student villages	132,000
Kiryat Gat sports and enrichment centre	58,000
Community Garden project	74,000
Carmel and Chiran Forests	53,000
Jerusalem Botanical Gardens	105,000
Mitzpe Ramon business and technology hub	824,000
Gvahim Ashdod accelerator programme	61,000
JBG Scholarships	4,000

£319,000 worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2012 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – to support the building of school dormitories.

In the Eshkol region, near the Gaza Strip, £82,000 was directed to build parks and playgrounds in the settlement towns of Shuva and Avashalom as well as supporting a Holocaust Survivors Club. £58,000 to Kiryat Gat sports club and enrichment centre, £137,000 to the volunteer service HaShomer HaChadash, £132,000 to Ayalim Association Community Centre in Arad (an organisation that provides volunteers to support in disadvantaged communities). In addition to £148,000 to Sderot Sapit College to build a music academy and £824,000 for a business hub in Mitzpe Ramon.

Funding of projects in Israel 2011

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	47,000
Aleh	6,000
Ayalim	82,000
Habbanim Park	102,000
Shuva	25,000
Tel Sheva Playground	85,000
Chiran Forest	35,000
Avshalom Park	42,000
Arad	337,000
Dimona	335,000
Be'erot Yitzchak	64,000
Hura Village infrastructure	51,000
HaShomer Hachadash	84,000
Eshkol Youth Centre	24,000
Holocaust Centre	50,000
Kisharit	124,000
JBG Scholarships	17,000

Over £1 million worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2011 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – in order to construct new communities in the Negev region. These include roads, irrigations, foundations and schools, including the construction of a boys dormitory. Money that was donated to the two of Sderot was used for the construction of town entrances

Donations have also been used for the regeneration of the town of Ofakim, projects included a public park (£102,000), Ayalim and Zionist community building and construction of a student village (£82,000) and the Association of the Development of Ofakim which aims to encourage young people to remain in the area.

£84,000 went to HaShomer HaChadash which provides security to farms, £64,000 to Be’erot Yitzchak to preserve a heritage site. Funds were also donated to the Eshkol region (near Gaza Strip) to improve the quality of life: £24,000 for youth centre development, £35,000 for a park and playground in Sheva and £42,000 for the same in Avshalom. In Gvahim, donations were used to assist economic development. £47,000 was donated to Beit Uri, a residential home for disabled teenagers.

Elsewhere, £337,000 was donated to develop the Arad Performing Arts Centre, £85,000 to the Tel Sheva Campus for Special Education and Rehabilitation, £51,000 to Green Hura (Hura being a Bedouin Town outside Beersheva) to improve quality of life and £50,000 to the British Social Club for Holocaust Survivors in Israel.

Funding of projects in Israel 2010

Destination/Organisation in Israel	Incoming Resources (£)
Beit Uri	44,000
Aleh	237,000
Ayalim	58,000
SPNI	47,000
Lord Sacks Forest	165,000
Arad (Ulpena)	27,000
Arad (Other)	80,000
Halutzit	1,097,000
OR	242,000
Sderot	402,000
Ichlu Reim	60,000
Leket	30,000
Koret	75,000
JBG Scholarships	18,000

Over £1 million worth of funds donated by JNF Charitable Trust in 2010 were used to support Halutzit – “a group of 21st Century Zionist pioneers” – to construct new communities in the Negev region. These included projects related to roads, irrigation, building foundations and schools.

£400,000 was contributed to the rebuilding of Sderot – a town near the Gaza strip which was targeted. £85,000 was donated to Ayalim Association which offered student volunteers to under-developed regions and £27,000 went to supporting a Zionist Secondary School for Girls (called Ulpena) in Arad (£80,000 in total for this region). £237,000 went towards Medical Care in Aleh Negev and £165,000 to Lord Sacks Forest (restoration). £242,000 was donated to OR Negev (part of the OR Movement) for the building of infrastructure in Negev.

£30,000 donated to Table to Table (a food rescue service), £44,000 to a residential home for disabled teenagers called Beit Uri, £60,000 to Ichlu Re’im an NGO that combats hunger, £75,000 to Gardener Microeconomics Initiative (Koret) to help those on low incomes. £47,000 to SPNI – "awaiting a decision".

On 30 March 2011, in the House of Commons a motion was tabled welcoming the work of the ‘Stop the JNF’ campaign. The motion went on to describe the work of the JNF and “its ongoing illegal expropriation of Palestinian land, concealing of destroyed Palestinian villages beneath parks and forests, and prevention of refugees from returning to their homes; notes that the JNF's constitution is explicitly discriminatory by stating that land and property will never be rented, leased or sold to non-Jews…”

Latest figures (Charity Commission register)

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years

Financial year end	Income	Expenditure
2021-12-31	£14,129,000	£16,923,000
2022-12-31	£15,739,000	£14,288,000
2023-12-31	£19,347,000	£17,987,000
2024-12-31	£21,561,000	£15,746,000
2025-12-31	£21,956,000	£19,426,000

Source: register annual-return history.

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages

Financial year end	Income (£)	Spending (£)	Source
31 Dec 2004	12,010,000	11,719,000
31 Dec 2005	15,379,000	15,027,000
31 Dec 2006	15,871,000	15,697,000
31 Dec 2016	12,417,000	11,178,000

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2005
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2006
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2007
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2008
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2009
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017
• Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018

Funding in Israel

• FY to 31 Dec 2025: 'Funding project commitments in Israel' £7,298k (2024: £4,464k) – consolidated SOFA, PDF p.42; analysed in note 3, PDF p.50 (Welfare £3,476k; Economic & community development £2,077k; Education/youth £561k; Health £231k; Environment £90k; other £300k; legacies £87k).
• In addition 'UK and overseas charitable projects' £10,314k (2024: £9,547k) is donor-advised giving through the connected charity KKL Charity Accounts (note 4, PDF p.50). The country split is not disclosed. The top-20 recipients include Israel-focused bodies (e.g. Tatia Foundation £1,218,391; JGive (Keren Assor) £289,653; Magen David Adom UK £157,163; Yad Binyamin V'Sara £155,136; Laniado Hospital UK £124,246; Israel-Is £99,025; Beit Halochem UK £92,131; Shalva £82,178) – PDF pp.50–51.

Israeli partners

Named in the 2025 report: Sunflowers, Yad Tamar, SafeHeart, Soroka Medical Centre, Simcha LaYeled, Gvahim, Osim Shchuna, Neve Midbar Youth Village, Dror Israel High School, Orr Shalom, The Valley (Mitzpe Ramon), Latet B'Eilat, Chesed Centre Sderot, Kibbutz Nir Oz and other Gaza-envelope communities (PDF pp.9–31). Israeli subsidiary: JNF UK Israel Limited (PDF p.34).

Support for the Israeli military

Grants (programmes). The grant tables on this page record payments to the Benji Hillman Foundation, which houses lone soldiers, of about £430,000 in 2012–2020, and to pre-army programmes including Derech Eretz and Haluzit of about £1.09 million in 2012–2020. The 2025 report lists £92,131 to Beit Halochem UK, which funds centres for disabled IDF veterans; the accounts' project criteria state that projects "shall not support military activity". Pre-military academies (mechinot) combine religious or leadership study with preparation for service in the Israel Defense Forces.

The accounts for 2017–2022 record further grants to programmes linked to military service. They are not in the year-by-year tables above:

Grants to military-linked programmes, 2017–2022 (from the accounts)

Year	Recipient	Amount	Note
2017	Or Me'Ophir (hesder dormitories)	£64,000	A project commitment. The report describes Or Me'Ophir as "a four year Hesder (Yeshiva) boarding school programme for Ethiopian students aged 18-23" and says "100% of Or Me'Ophir graduates complete their military service".
2021	Benji Hillman Foundation	£75,000	Restricted fund spent in the year.
2021	Otzem	£29,000	Restricted fund spent in the year. Otzem is a pre-army mechina in Moshav Naveh in the Negev; its graduates enlist in the IDF, many in special units.
2021	Meitarim Lachish	£710,000	Listed under Education/Training in the full list of project expenditure in Israel (£710,000 in 2021; the same list gives £75,000 for 2020 and the 2022 accounts give £30,000 for 2022). Mechinat Meitarim Lachish is a pre-military academy (mechina) with branches at kibbutzim in the Lachish area and the western Negev, including Nahal Oz; it describes itself as preparing its students for their service in the IDF.
2022	Benji Hillman Foundation	£93,000	Restricted fund spent in the year. The list of projects in the same accounts gives £99,000.

These five grants total £971,000.

The 2014 project table above also lists £144,000 for "Tzuk Eitan 9 Gaza war effort". Tzuk Eitan (Operation Protective Edge) was the Israeli military's name for its 2014 offensive in Gaza; the accounts do not say what the money was spent on.

Prior scrutiny. In March 2025 the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians complained to the Charity Commission that grants totalling £3,333,000 in 2007–2023 funded programmes linked to Israel's military, and in March 2026 it complained about the Commission's handling of that complaint. Middle East Eye reported that the regulator was not investigating the charity. In February 2026 the Commission found the activities "capable of being charitable". JNF UK's archived 2014 website described Derech Eretz as "a pre-military programme".

Activity beyond the Green Line

Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line

Finding	Confidence
Stated policy: 'Projects shall not be over the "Green line"' and 'The project shall not support military activity' (Project Criteria, PDF p.34). Every project named in the 2025 report that could be placed is inside the 1949 lines (Negev, Galilee, Gaza envelope). Research for this profile found nothing to the contrary in the report.	Medium
The Green Line policy covers the charity's own project grants. KKL Charity Accounts donor-advised payments 'are not necessarily representative of the Charity's own grant making policies' and are listed only for the top 20 recipients. Where the rest of the £10.0m ends up cannot be checked from the accounts.	Medium (gap)
Context, not JNF UK: the Israeli body KKL-JNF has bought West Bank land and, through its subsidiary Himnuta, has pursued an eviction in Silwan, East Jerusalem. JNF UK says it has been 'entirely independent of KKL-JNF' for decades. Research for this profile found no evidence that JNF UK money went to these activities.	Medium

Controversies and regulatory action

• ICJP complaint (2025–26). In March 2025 the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians complained to the Charity Commission that JNF UK "transmitted £3,333,000 to 'beneficiary organisations' in Israel from 2007-2023, funding programmes with direct links to Israel's military". The Commission concluded in February 2026 that the activities were "capable of being charitable"; on 30 March 2026 ICJP lodged a formal complaint about the Commission's handling. An archived 2014 version of the JNF UK website lists "JNF UK and HaShomer HaChadash [The New Guardians]" and "Derech Eretz 2.0: Post-Military Community Building", describing Derech Eretz as "a pre-military programme".
• Chair's remarks on Muslim immigration (2021–22). Chair Samuel Hayek (still listed as chair on the register in October 2026) told the Jerusalem Post that "Jews have no future in England". The Jewish Chronicle reported that more than 40 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews called for his resignation; JNF UK said Hayek "did not speak for the charity or its trustees" and treasurer Gary Mond distanced himself from the remarks. Companies House shows Hayek ceased to be a person with significant control of the related company JNF for Israel Ltd on 30 October 2025, with JNF Charitable Trust becoming the PSC.
• KKL-JNF and the occupied territories (context). The Israeli body Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael has moved to buy West Bank land and, according to Peace Now, plays a role in settlement expansion, including through its subsidiary Himnuta. JNF UK says it has been "entirely independent of KKL-JNF" for decades. No evidence was found that JNF UK funds went to these activities.
• Parliament. In 2008 David Lepper MP told the Commons that constituents had "raised with me the role of the Jewish National Fund in acquiring and developing land in the west bank. I believe that the company is registered in the UK". In 2011 Baroness Deech declared in the Lords that she was "a trustee of the Jewish National Fund".
• Settlements class inquiry (2026). The Commission's statutory class inquiry opened on 5 August 2026 into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements does not name the eight charities involved; there is no public information that JNF UK is among them.

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity. No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register.

A separate Scottish charity, KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust (SC037850), is registered with OSCR; its relationship to JNF UK was not established.

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.

Sanctions screening

The names of current and archived trustees and Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match on full name was found; only coincidental surname matches.

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property. Title numbers were not obtained, and no title registers were purchased. Candidate addresses for a title search:

• 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE – current registered office; accounts say it is owned by subsidiary 95 Church Road Hendon Ltd (source: register 2026; accounts)
• Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London NW4 2BF – former office (2018–21) (source: UKGWA 2018/2021)
• JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Spring Villa Road, Edgware HA8 7ED – former office (2010–11) (source: UKGWA 2010/2011)

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation	EIN	Latest filing year	Revenue (US$)	Expenses (US$)
Jewish National Fund -keren Kayemeth Leisrael- Inc	131659627	2023	105,380,420	111,941,392

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

Selected Hansard references

Date	House	Member	Debate
1975-11-10	Commons	Mr. Walters	Foreign Affairs
2008-02-27	Commons	David Lepper	Israel and Palestinian Territories
2011-10-27	Lords	Baroness Deech	Middle East: Water

A search of Hansard for 'Jewish National Fund' returned 23 contributions in total; most are general references rather than discussion of the UK charity. Written questions could not be searched (the API timed out).

Web archive

• jnf.co.uk: 24 yearly captures, first 2000-10-29, last 2025-01-03.

The UK Government Web Archive holds 7 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".

Contact

Since November 2016 it has been registered at Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF (the majority of all JNF related companies are registered at this address).

Previous addresses:

• May 2004 - November 2016: JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 7ED

• May 1997 - May 2004: 58-70 Edgware Way, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 8GQ

• Incorporation - May 1997: Harold Poster House, Kingsbury Circle, Kingsbury, NW9 9SP

See also

• Jewish Schools in the UK
• JNF UK and Jewish schools
• Jewish National Fund